"Spread out."

"Watch your steps and try not to take the road."

"Avoid weeds, trees, and rocks on the side of the road."

Between the mountain roads leading to Yang Village, more than 20 devils bent their backs, held guns, and showed a straggler line, carefully walking along the mountain road to the mountain.

As a second lieutenant in the Shou County Brigade, he served as the captain of the imperial army for a year and successfully survived, he can be said to have rich experience in actual combat, especially in the defense of mines, which is even more experienced in a hundred battles.

This is the experience of piling up the lives of the Imperial Army in the battle against the Independent Regiment.

It's just that.

They are second-line divisions, and they are garrison brigades, and the recruits assigned to them, A, B, C, and D, are C-level, which is only a little better than the old, weak, sick and disabled D-class, so at present, these recruits, even after half a year of training in the recruit camp, have served in the Shou County Brigade for more than two months, but their tactical actions are still very clumsy, not to mention actual combat experience, and even the quality of individual soldiers is seriously unqualified.

Fortunately, there were no accidents along the way, the Independence Regiment did not lay mines around their station, and they arrived safely at the intended location.

After confirming the security of the perimeter, twenty-nine devil soldiers gathered together to besiege the city.

Under the darkness, the ensign did not turn on the flashlight, which would expose himself, and by a little starlight, he looked at the looming village in the distance, took a deep breath, and lowered his voice:

"Where, there is the enemy's position."

"Take the detachment as a unit, try to distance the individual soldiers from each other, charge quickly, the machine gunner is behind, and shoot after discovering the enemy's fire point, this time we have to attract more enemy firepower."

Looking around, the second lieutenant raised his tone:

"Gentlemen, show the courage of the samurai of the Great Japanese Empire."

"Hey."

The recruits responded in a low voice, but with a deep frenzy and excitement in their tones.

This pleased the second lieutenant.

These, although they are recruits, although the military individual soldiers are not qualified, although they lack actual combat experience, although their brains are relatively stupid, and their physical fitness is relatively insufficient, they may not be as good as the guerrillas of the Republic of China in one-on-one fighting.

But!

These are also loyal samurai of the Empire, loyal soldiers of the Locust, and the comprehension of the spirit of bushido is no worse than the elite of the permanent division, if not better.

He stepped forward and checked the equipment one by one.

"The grenade is tied around the waist with a belt, and the lid must be unscrewed, so that it does not fall when it pounces on the enemy's position, and the grenade that is covered by the body is not easy to be detected by the enemy."

"You don't have to wear a steel helmet, it's a burden."

“······”

As a second lieutenant officer, he naturally knew that the purpose of his team was to test the enemy's situation and mine, and for this reason, they even had half the usual bullets. However, it doesn't matter if he is loyal to the empire, it is a great honor.

"Let's go..."

Raising his katana, the ensign took the lead in rushing forward.

Behind him, more than 20 soldiers also rushed forward with a frantic face.

······

Although the main force retreated, Yangcun was the nest of the independent regiment after all, and it had been operated by the independent regiment for more than two years since the time of Kong Jie, so long enough time for the independent regiment to explore the surrounding terrain clearly.

As soon as the little devil entered the mountain, he was already discovered by Zhang Dabiao's secret whistle.

However, after discovering the devil, the dark sentry did not shoot at the first time, but reported the news to the battalion headquarters behind, and he continued to observe to see if there were any follow-up devils.

"A small group of devils coming up the road?"

After Zhang Dabiao received the order, he was puzzled at first.

In his prediction, it is absolutely impossible for the little devil to launch a night attack, and in the case of an advantage in firepower and troops, a night attack, isn't that asking for hardships and limiting his own advantages?

"There are only more than twenty people, and there are no follow-up troops?"

Seeing the news behind, he understood that this group of devils was here to test.

The villages around Yang Village have been evacuated by the Independent Regiment, and the spies are so restricted by themselves that they have no chance to pass on the news, and the little devil still doesn't know if there is anyone on this mountain.

Thinking of this, Zhang Dabiao smiled:

"Then kill this group of devils, don't leave any of them, and make a big noise."

"The mortar is also lit up, let the devil take a look."

To use a bad saying, the devil is throwing a meat bone to try to see if there is a watchdog, then he will eat all the meat in one bite, and then the movement will be a little bigger, so that the devil knows that there are not only people on this position, but also many people, attracting the devil to attack.

"Yes."

As the herald delivered the message to the front line, the company commander in charge of defense on the front line immediately gathered his troops and formed a pocket formation along the positions that had already been built.

In the dark, more than twenty little devils gradually approached, and under the starlight, the plaster white cloth strips on their foreheads were particularly conspicuous, and the soldiers on the first battalion position could even see those devils who bent down and touched them.

Although the brainwashing is very thorough and dares to charge, it is not afraid of death, and this group of devil recruits is still one word shorter. After experiencing the calm ahead, and lacking repeated reminders from the officers, the devils did not pay attention to the mines.

Boom ·····

A devil stepped on the warning mine in front of the position, and with an explosion and an explosive fireball, the devil was directly blown away.

"Fire..."

The company commander on the position let out a violent roar and took the lead in pulling the barge gun in his hand.

Dadada····

In an instant, more than a dozen machine guns, more than 100 rifles, and more than a dozen 20-round shell guns, the fire of an entire company poured down on the devils more than 100 meters away, and those recruits who had not had time to react fell in pieces.

Boom·····

Immediately afterwards, a 60 mortar specially transferred from the fire company also fired, and in order to implement Zhang Dabiao's movements, this time, the mortar opened fire at full speed, and more than 20 shells flew towards the devil in just one minute.

"Yaga, a bunch of idiots, fire ·····"

Seeing that he had not touched other people's positions, he was discovered, and his side was bombed, and the enemy opened fire, and there were still people who were stunned and bent over, and the machine guns of the rear team were only concerned about holding their heads, so angry that the Japanese second lieutenant scolded:

"Shooting..."

"Shoot!"

Under the ensign's angry scolding, these recruit devils finally reacted, nearly half a year of recruit training, and two months of service, so that this group of devils has some military literacy, far better than the strong men who were pulled over at random, and they all lay on the ground and fought back.

Bang Bang Bang ····· Amid the sound of fragmented 38 big covers and crooked handles, sporadic bullets were fired at the troops on the position.

It's just that at this moment, there are only more than ten of the more than 20 devils left, and half of the devil soldiers in the encirclement have been annihilated.

Looking at the dense muzzle fireworks in the distance, as well as the mortar shells that exploded around him from time to time, even if he was experienced in a hundred battles and had rich experience in actual combat, the little devil second lieutenant could not suppress his fear.

No matter how fanatical and crazy you are, as long as your sanity is still there, there are few people who are not afraid of death.

Sensing his fear, the devil lieutenant took a deep breath, recalled his faith and bushido spirit, howled violently, suppressed the fear in his heart, and then rushed forward with a whoa-wah.

"Long live Your Majesty the Locust."

"Long live Your Majesty the Locust!"

“······”

At the instigation of the devil lieutenant, the remaining devil soldiers also shouted one after another, shouting wildly, and rushed forward with the 38 big cover with bayonets.

However, a dozen or so devils charged, and in the face of a company of an independent regiment with all the weapons changed and sufficient ammunition, this charge did not make any waves, and in the end more than 20 devils were all wiped out, and the company on the front-line position only suffered three casualties. And all of them were minor injuries.

"Clean up the battlefield, put away the little devil's weapons and ammunition, and the little devils who are not dead will send them to see their locusts."

At the end of the battle, the company commander ordered the troops to clean up the battlefield.

"What is this little devil here for?"

Several soldiers looked at the little devil lieutenant who had been beaten into a sieve, and muttered suspiciously as they picked off the good things on their bodies.

After fighting for so long, it was the first time they had seen such a stupid little devil, more than twenty devils rushed straight up, and they were rushing towards the muzzle of the gun, without flank penetration, not even fire cover, not even grenadiers.

"Who knows?"

Holding the devil's samurai sword in his arms, the company commander had no interest in the reason why this group of devils came to die.

Anyway, the devil died, and only a few of his fighters were injured, and they were all slightly injured, and only one of them was reduced and could not continue to fight, and he was very happy.

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Not only the company commander of the first battalion of front-line positions, but at this time, Oshima Kan was also very happy.

"Captain."

The adjutant of the brigade held up the binoculars, looked at the explosions and fires that rose from time to time in the distance, and said in a delightful tone:

"The enemy used mortars and a large number of machine guns, and judging by the density of fire, there were at least a thousand troops on the ground in front. It seems that the main force of the independent regiment should still be in this Yang village. ”

"However, the attack of less than thirty people made such a big noise, which is really shocking."

Although their brigade rarely fought with the Eighth Route Army, the intelligence of the Eighth Route Army within the Japanese army was shared, and according to the experience of other units fighting the Eighth Route Army many times, the Eighth Route Army lacked machine guns, and mortars were even rarer.

So based on the number of machine guns heard and the mortars, he deduced the number of attacks that alarmed the enemy.

"Nope."

Oshima Kan shook his head, and his tone was solemn:

"This Li Yunlong's independent regiment is not ordinary."

"The experience of other places cannot be used here, and I estimate that the other side should only use the strength of a full squadron."

In order to keep it secret, he did not show the information given to him by Yamamoto Kazuki to the staff officers and other troops in the brigade, but he himself knew very well that this Li Yunlong's weapons were powerful, especially light weapons, and they were not weaker than his brigade at all, and even the mortar firepower was stronger than his.

For this encirclement and suppression, General Shinozuka also deliberately strengthened his artillery firepower, allocated him two more 41-type mountain guns, and let him carry two or more shells. to ensure firepower superiority.

"Oh?"

The adjutant had a very close personal relationship with Oshima Kan, and the relationship was good, so he asked directly: "Your Excellency, Captain, what do you say?" ”

He wasn't convinced.

Although I know that Li Yunlong's independent regiment is very unusual, but this is a mortar and a large number of light machine guns, in terms of quantity, it is not much different from a squadron in the empire, if it is only a squadron, doesn't that mean that the firepower of the other party is about the same as that of his side?

How is this possible?

"Otherwise, why did you send us here?"

Oshima Kan glanced at the adjutant: "Moreover, before leaving, we also strengthened our artillery firepower, just to deal with this Li Yunlong, this person's combat effectiveness is different from any Republic of China troops." ”

"It must not be taken lightly."

"The death of Captain Sakata is a lesson, when Sakata Daizo set up his headquarters too close to the front line because of carelessness, he was rushed by Li Yunlong and killed with mortars, this person is extremely good at grasping the weakness of the opponent."

"In this battle, remember not to be negligent."

"Hey."

The adjutant bowed his head and legs.

"Don't panic, although Li Yunlong is very strong, we still have an advantage in all aspects, as long as we are not careless, the victory is definitely ours."

After saying it confidently, Oshima Kan walked into the temporary headquarters of a house, the squadron leaders and staff officers of the two brigades were there, and Kotaro Ito was also there, and after everyone saluted, Oshima Kan spread out the map and began to deploy combat orders:

"It's decided."

"Li Yunlong's independent regiment is not far away in an area called Yang Village."

"Order: The mountain artillery squadron will establish an artillery position at the commanding height of No. 4, the mountain artillery squadron will attack with the synchronized troops, and the armored squadron will be stationed in place."

Although Yang Village has a horse road, it is more spacious than the mountain road, after all, the independent regiment runs up and down, but it is far from being able to drive armored vehicles, and Oshima Kan can only helplessly let the strongest weapon eat ashes this time.

It's good that he has a lot of artillery.

"In this operation, the artillery position is the key to the decisive victory, and Li Yunlong will inevitably send troops to attack the artillery position, so the first squadron of the Shou County Brigade and the second squadron of our brigade are responsible for guarding the safety of the artillery position, and pay attention to building a strong position in advance."

"After daybreak, cavalry (reconnaissance) squads spread out to reconnoiter to prevent the enemy from setting up ambushes in the surrounding area."

As the commander of a permanent division, Oshima Kan's military command strength is needless to say, and he is very clear about the victory or defeat of this battle, and he can also predict the course of the battle with a high probability and make new deployments.

"The rest of the squadrons, attack tomorrow."

"Hey."

The officers bowed their heads in unison.

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Yang Village.

Independent regimental headquarters.

Zhang Dabiao also had a solemn face, ready to deal with tomorrow's battle.

"In tomorrow's battle, whether or not we can limit the devil's artillery fire is the key to determining whether we can hold Yang Village for a whole day."

"I have asked the commander of the fire company and the deputy commander of the artillery company to hide ten kilometers away from Yang Village with two guns, this distance, the devils should not be able to find out, after the battle begins, they will raid the devil's artillery position."

"But everyone is still ready for this battle, it will be very hard."

After speaking, Zhang Dabiao looked around at the company commanders of the battalion.

Officers below the company commander have suffered great losses in the battle with the devils, and since the day he took over this battalion, there has not been an old company commander for more than a year.

It can be seen that the battle is cruel.

The achievements of the independent regiment are not only because of the equipment, but also because of the sacrifices one by one.

"Battalion commander, don't worry."

A company commander patted his chest, and his tone was full of confidence:

"It's not that we haven't been blown up by the little devil's shells, we didn't even have a few machine guns at the beginning, and the average number of bullets was less than ten per person, haven't we fought with the devil? Now this affluent situation, I didn't dare to think about it at the beginning. ”

"It's bragging that a little devil can't break through my position, but if the little devil wants to break through my position, he has to leave at least two hundred devils to go to hell with me."

"Haha..."

Zhang Dabiao was very satisfied: "This is very uplifting. ”

"Go get ready."

Waving his hand, Zhang Dabiao said: "Remember to bury more mines in front of the position, and also bury some on the mountain road, the little devil sent troops to test today, and no mines were found, so he will definitely be careless tomorrow." ”

'Hey, hey, hey...

The company commander at the front of the position said gloomily: "Do you still need to remind you?" It's been buried for a long time. ”